Editing Capernaum (section)

==Toponymy==
''Kfar Naḥum'', the original name of the town, means "village of comfort"{{Dubious|Disputed accuracy of "village of comfort" as the meaning of the name|date=July 2023|reason=This is unlikley to be true, see talk page section}} in Hebrew, and apparently there is no connection with the [[prophet]] named [[Nahum]]. In the writings of [[Josephus]], the name is rendered in [[Koine Greek]] as {{lang|grc|Kαφαρναούμ}} (''Kapharnaoúm'')<ref name="tz89">{{harvnb|Tzaferis|1989}}.</ref> and {{lang|grc|Κεφαρνωκόν}} (''Kepharnōkón'');<ref name="tufts"/> the New Testament uses ''Kapharnaoúm'' in some manuscripts, and {{lang|grc|Kαπερναούμ}} (''Kapernaoúm'') in others. In the [[Midrash Rabba]] (Ecclesiastes Rabba 7:47) the name appears in its Hebrew form, ''Kǝfar Naḥūm'' ({{Langx|he|כפר נחום}}). In [[Arabic]], it is called ''Talḥūm'', and it is assumed that this refers to the ruin (''[[Tell (archaeology)|tall]]'') of ''Ḥūm'' (perhaps an abbreviated form of ''Nāḥūm'').<ref name="tz89" />

The rare English word ''capharnaum'' means "a place with a disorderly accumulation of objects" and is derived from the town's name.<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|capharnaum|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref>